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　　The ancient(古代的)people of Babylon(巴比伦)and Egypt studied the stars in the sky 　　1　　 years ago, and they 　　2　　 the zodiac(十二宫)．It was first used 　　3　　 time．Later, many people used the stars to describe a person's character and to say what would happen in the future．

　　A person's zodiac sign is connected to his or her birth date．Some believe this sign can tell about a person's character．For example, some think that a person born 　　4　　 the sign of Aries(between March 21 and April 20)is 　　5　　 and active．A person born under Cancer(between June 22 and July 23)is kind and home-loving．

　　In many 　　6　　 in Asia, people believe that Chinese zodiac describes character and can foretells(预言)future events．In the Chinese zodiac, there are twelve animals．A person's animal sign is connected to his or her birth year．Every animal has a similar type of character．People born in the year of the Rat are friendly, but careful．Those born in the year of the Monkey are smart and good 　　7　　 making money．Many believe that Rat and Monkey 　　8　　 a good match．

　　In Asia, a person's blood type is also used to describe character．People with the blood type A are clean and serious, but they can be selfish．Type Os are 　　9　　 love and like to talk．Not 　　10　　 believes that your birth sign or blood type describes your character．But reading your horoscope can still be a lot of fun．

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　　This morning, I felt very nervous．I would give a report in my class and I had been 　　1　　 to do so for a long time!

　　Mom came 　　2　　 the kitchen and asked,“Are you ready, 　　3　　?”“Yes,”I answered quietly．　　4　　 in fact I wasn't ready really!

　　On my way 　　5　　 school, I could feel my heart beating．I hated his! I went into Mrs. Owens' class．She was smiling, and saying 　　6　　 to all her students as she did every morning．“Hi, Sam,”she said to me as I walked into the classroom．“Hi,”I said and 　　7　　 sat in my seat．I looked at my watch．The time was near．Then Mrs. Owens started, “San, it's time for you to show yourself．”Show 　　8　　? Oh, no! I got up slowly, looking at the ground as I walked to the front of the classroom．Then I looked up and everyone was 　　9　　 me．She came beside me and put her hand on my back and said to the whole class, “Sam has worked hard on his 　　10　　 and I know it's a very interesting report．”After hearing her words I didn't feel nervous any more．At last I succeeded in giving a report．Thanks to my teacher－Mrs. Owens．After that, I was not afraid of making a speech any more．

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　　Do you think that the population may be the greatest problem of the world today? 2000 years ago, the world’s population was very 　　1　　, there were not so many people．For several thousand years, it grew quite slowly．　　2　　 during the last three or four hundred years, it has grown very 　　3　　．Today it is growing faster 　　4　　 before．In one minute nearly 200 　　5　　 will be born in the world．Just think how many more there will 　　6　　 in a year．

　　A U．N．report said that the population of the 　　7　　 countries, like China and India, had been 1214 million in 1990．It is 　　8　　 that by the year 2050, the world’s population may be 9 billion．This means we must 　　9　　 much more food．We must have smaller families with 　　10　　 but healthier children．If we don’t do anything like that, there will not be enough space for anybody else to stand on the earth．